ALL GOOD THINGS

Talking about movies, movies, movies. I believe movies are one of the best pleasures in life. Nothing better than watching a classic film and talking with others about them. Love the classics the most but will also talk about the newer stuff too. And covering all genres: comedy, action, horror, sci-fi, drama, musicals, etc. Will also discuss TV shows, more of the classics, but occasionally the newer stuff too. And anything else that might be on my mind. Feel free to drop by and have a chat.

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CAROLE LOMBARD - My Favorite Actress

Saturday, April 18, 2015

It took three Final Four trips but Natalie Wood finally won the Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney. She defeated Myrna Loy 323-173 to secure her place in the winners circle. She joins an elite company of Irene Dunne, Ginger Rogers, Carole Lombard and Bette Davis, who won previously. And Natalie set records while doing it. First she notched her 23rd victory, placing her #1 all-time most winning actress, one win above Grace Kelly who has 22. Next she accumulated 1416 votes in the 7 matches she competed in for this year's tourney. She blew away the previous record of 1093 votes set by Ginger back in 2012. Natalie also holds the records for most matches competed in with 28. So congratulations to Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko on becoming the Favorite Classic Movie Actress of 2015. Thanks to Desiree, Virginie and John for helping me with the tourney this year and hope everyone had a fun time! See you next March!

Saturday, April 11, 2015

After falling behind in their respective matches earlier during the week, Myrna Loy and Natalie Wood stormed back to win and now will face each other in the championship match. Myrna Loy defeated Audrey Hepburn 305-234 while Natalie Wood defeated the red hot Greer Garson 543-318. Yep you read those final numbers right. The amount of votes logged were record-setting thanks to several fan-bases spreading the word about their favorites. From Blogger to Facebook to Tumblr to Twitter, word got around fast to produce some huge numbers. Now Natalie Wood after two previous final four trips, finally broke through to appear in her first championship match. While Myrna Loy will be trying to become the 4th actress from the 30's era to hoist the trophy as Favorite Classic Movie Actress. She would join Irene Dunne, Ginger Rogers and Carole Lombard in that achievement. Here are the stats for the two women that will start their match tomorrow morning.

#2 NATALIE WOOD

60'S ERA CHAMPION

Tourney record: 22-5

Number of final fours: 3

How she got here:

defeated Rita Moreno 94-20

defeated Paula Prentiss 92-10

defeated Julie Andrews 104-35

defeated Ann-Margret 119-25

defeated Shirley MacLaine 141-29

defeated Greer Garson 543-318

total votes accumulated so far 1093

What's at stake for her: Natalie has appeared in three final fours and

this is her first championship match. If she ever wanted to win the

crown, then this is it.

VS

#3 MYRNA LOY

30'S ERA CHAMPION

Tourney record: 16-4

Number of final fours: 1st time

How she got here:

defeated Virginia Weidler 61-6

defeated Eleanor Powell 79-8

defeated Shirley Temple 57-18

defeated Barbara Stanwyck 79-58

defeated Jean Arthur 57-39

defeated Audrey Hepburn 305-234

total votes accumulated so far 638

What's at stake for her: to continue the dominance of 30's era actress champions,

Sunday, April 5, 2015

Here are the two matches that have just begun....you can vote on the sidebar to the right.Matches will run through Saturday afternoon! Good luck ladies! Please note that the records associated with each actress is their total wins/losses over the course of five tourneys. And that the seeds of the actresses are their overall ranking in their respective eras.

Saturday, April 4, 2015

The Elite Eight round is now complete and we have our finalists for this year's final four! In the 30's era, it was Myrna Loy defeating Jean Arthur 57-39, marking Myrna's first trip to a final four. In the 40's era, it was red hot Greer Garson staging a late rally to overtake Rosalind Russell and win 89-71. That gives Greer her 5th win this tourney, as previously she had no wins prior from the first four tourneys. In the 50's era, it was a rematch from last year between Audrey Hepburn and Doris Day with the same results as Audrey defeated Doris 35-20. Only difference was last year it ended on Doris Day's birthday. And finally in the 60's era, it was Natalie Wood crushing Shirley MacLaine 140-29, sending Natalie back to the final four for a 3rd time. So the match-ups in the final four as tradition states will be the 30's era winner vs the 50's era winner which is Myrna Loy vs Audrey Hepburn. And the 40's era winner vs the 60's era winner, Greer Garson vs Natalie Wood. Audrey is the only #1 seed to make it to final four. And Audrey is only the 4th actress to be in consecutive final fours. She joins Bette Davis, Grace Kelly and Natalie Wood in that distinction. The other three # 1 seeds were Barbara Stanwyck, Olivia de Havilland and Elizabeth Taylor that failed in their bid to reach the final four.Greer is the long shot, ranked #6. Matches will begin tomorrow morning and take place here on All Good Things.

Sunday, March 29, 2015

We have now made it to round 5 of the 2015 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney, aka The Elite Eight. This round will decide which of the eight actresses will move on to the final four. Here are the matches that will be taking place in each era. Click on the link under each photo to go to the site to cast your vote:

Saturday, March 28, 2015

The Sweet Sixteen Round of the 2015 Favorite classic Movie Actress Tourney is now complete. Here are the final numbers in all four eras:

30'S ERA:Myrna Loy defeated overall top seed Barbara Stanywck by the count of 79-58, marking Myrna's deepest run into a tourney yet as she moves on to the elite 8. Last year these two met in the 30's era finale and Babs won that one. But Myrna wasn't going to be denied this time. She will face Jean Arthur who just steamrolled Elsa Lanchester by the score of 81-37. Give props to Elsa though as she notched three wins over heavily favored competition before losing to Jean.40'S ERA:Rosalind Russell and Gene Tierney had a dandy of a match which finally saw Roz winning 49-44, marking Roz's best run in a tourney so far. She will face Greer Garson, who crushed perennial favorite Judy Garland 52-37 to pick up her 4th win. Greer came into this year's tourney with a losing record of 0-4, never winning a single match, now she has won four in a row. Somebody lit a fire under her.50'S ERA:One of last year's final four finalists, Audrey Hepburn cruised to another win after ripping through Eleanor Parker 47-18 while in the other match, Doris Day edged out Debbie Reynolds 33-31 in one of the tourney's more exciting matches. So Audrey and Doris will duke it out again after the pair met last year in the 50's era final which saw Audrey narrowly winning by the score of 65-60.60'S ERA:In one of the most notable upsets, Shirley MacLaine demolished last year's final four finalist Elizabeth Taylor 87-50, thus preventing Liz in a rematch with Natalie Wood. Natalie notched her 2nd straight 100 plus vote win by crushing Ann-Margret 119-25.The Elite 8 matches will be posted tomorrow in each era to see which actress earns a trip to the final four!

The lone upset occurred when Elsa Lanchester took down British Ladies top seed Madeleine Carroll, while the other three matches were blow-outs won easily by the favorites.40's era:Greer Garson defeated Olivia de Havilland 43-37Rosalind Russell defeated Katharine Hepburn 46-37Judy Garland defeated Esther Williams 45-39Gene Tierney defeated Lauren Bacall 44-40

A pair of upsets took place in this era, with the biggest one being Greer Garson beating one of this top 4 overall tourney seeds, Olivia de Havilland. Olivia was one win away last year from going to the final four so she was heavily favored this year to achieve that feat and perhaps win the whole tourney. But the red hot Greer Garson notched her third straight win to deny Livvie. And what's more shocking is that entering this year's tourney, Greer had never won a single match in her four previous tries. Wow! And the other upset which is a mild one as no. 1 Katharine Hepburn lost to no. 2 Rosalind Russell in the box-office queens bracket, marking the furthest Roz has ever gone into a tourney!50's era:Debbie Reynolds defeated Judy Holliday 46-5Eleanor Parker defeated Anne Baxter 30-21Audrey Hepburn defeated Grace Kelly 34-24Doris Day defeated Janet Leigh 30-26

Debbie Reynolds rolled over Judy Holliday while Doris Day had quite the close match with Janet Leigh that she was able to pull out. Meanwhile the Audrey/Grace rivarly is now even at 2-2 with Audrey taking care of Princess Grace. The two have battled 4 times in tourney history and are now even after Audrey has won the last two.60's era:Elizabeth Taylor defeated Claudia Cardinale 59-20Shirley MacLaine defeated Anne Bancroft 45-32Natalie Wood defeated Julie Andrews 104-35Ann-Margret defeated Julie Newmar 44-27

Natalie Wood racked up 104 votes, the most by any actress in the tourney so far, as her fan base continues to show up in big numbers. If she wins her next match against Ann-Margret and Liz beats Shirley, then we will have a rematch from last year between the two legendary and iconic 60's actresses. Oh boy!So we are headed to the Sweet 16 round as these 16 actresses are still in the mix:Barbara StanwyckElsa LanchesterMyrna LoyJean ArthurJudy GarlandGreer GarsonRosalind RussellGene TierneyDoris DayAudrey HepburnEleanor ParkerDebbie ReynoldsElizabeth TaylorNatalieWoodShirley MacLaineAnn-MargretRound 4 matches will begin tomorrow and run through next Saturday.